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Physical description:
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
Type:
Videorecordings
Place:
Mexico
Central America
Date:
2004
C2004
Notes:
Produced to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Apr. 4-July 25, 2004; and at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 4, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005.
Summary:
Explores the culture and society that created the courtly art of the ancient Maya in the 7th and 8th centuries. Includes footage shot on location in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico and focuses on the courts of the Maya kingdoms of Palenque, Tonina, and Bonampak.